No Stakeholder Is an Island in the Drive to This Transition: Circular Economy in the Built Environment

Michael Atafo Adabre (), Albert P. C. Chan, Amos Darko, David J. Edwards, Yang Yang and Sherif Issahaque
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Michael Atafo Adabre: Building and Real Estate Department, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Albert P. C. Chan: Building and Real Estate Department, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Amos Darko: Department of Construction Management, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
David J. Edwards: Department of the Built Environment, Birmingham City University, Birmingham B4 7XG, UK
Yang Yang: Building and Real Estate Department, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Sherif Issahaque: Department of Construction Studies, SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, Wa P.O. Box 64, Ghana

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 15, 1-23

Abstract: Ensuring optimum utilisation of the Earth’s finite resources engenders the circular economy (CE) concept which has attracted the attention of policymakers and practitioners worldwide. As a bifurcated strategy which involves both scientific knowledge, advanced technologies and behavioural changes, the CE transition is sociotechnical in nature. Yet, prolific studies focus on scientific knowledge and technologies alone, while studies on promoting CE practices or built environment stakeholders’ behaviour are limited. Using Stakeholder Theory, a comprehensive literature review on CE drivers was conducted. Through a questionnaire survey of professionals, key drivers identified were deployed to develop a 20-driver model for CE transition in the built environment. The model is relevant to policymakers and practitioners because it highlights essential drivers for optimum resource allocation. Moreover, the findings apprise policymakers of the drivers that pertain to key stakeholders (i.e., professional and higher educational institutions, society and clients, government and firms), thus stating the requirements for driving each stakeholder to achieve this sociotechnical transition.

Keywords: circular economy; sociotechnical transition; sustainability; drivers; stakeholder theory; waste reduction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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